The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24

this road, as the maximum speed of its
train is only nine miles an hour in fine
weather, and this time is only made when
stiff breeze is blowing on the rear coach.
Mr., E. st. John, the assistant manager of
the company, has not as yet been arrested,
but we learn that a capiaS will be issued and
served upon him today. This person has
devoted his time of late to
billwrlting, a branch of the railroad bust
ness which is becoming more popular than
serviceable, instead of giving attention to
the condition Of the roadbed which is said
to be in a most abominable condition, the
rails in some places being off their parallel
from three to five feet. The Austin Dummy
Company needs superintendent, and Mr..
st, John should lose no time in seeking tho
position
There, that sounds something like re-
port, D." said the city editor
But" protested the railroad reporter,
Everybody in the West knows that the
Rock Island is one of the finest railroads in
the world, and that Mr. st. John is"
Enough" said the city editor. People
will think different after awhile. What
have you got here: General Passenger
Agent Hansen, of the Illinois Central, says
| that his road is doing a bigger business be-
tween Chicago and New Orleans than ever
before, and that the passenger earnings this
quarter will exceed those of any quarter
unquestionably due to Mr. HansenS able
management of the passenger department.
| tie is one of the most suave and courteous
| gentlemen connected with the railroad bust
ness here There you go again. 'Suave
and COURTHOUSE Now, what in hail and
! thunderstorms has Hanson's suavity and
and courtesy got to do with yOu9 Have you
an annual pass in your pocket! Did he give
| you a season ticket? How are you fixed for
Cheltenham beach? Take your pencil and
write
1.-The English stockholders in the Illinois
Central railroad will be panied to learn that
the next quarterly dividend will have to be
passed. Indeed, it is doubtful if another
| dividend will be paid for some years to
come. The passenger business of the road
| has fallen Off frightfully of late excursion
lists and travellers for the South preferring
the river route, which insures them more
speed and safety. Many Chicagoans are
| going down the canal in rowboats to the
| Desplaines river, thence to the Illinois, and
thence to the Mississippi, in order to save
the fatigue incident to trip over the sIlli-
nois Central. 1t was rumored on the street
this morning that the train which left here
| day before yesterday had not as yet
| reached East st. Louis, but q telegram
| from the latter city received last night says
that a farmer reports that he sighted the
| train off Bellevue and exchanged signals
with the conductor. The train was out of
coal, and the engineer was splitting up the
roof of the last passenger car for fuel. Mr..
| Hansen, the ticket agent for the company
here, says the new locomotives and cars of
the compromise gauge pattern are being
| built for the company, so that it will not be
necessary hereafter to run trains on the ties
| through divisions where the tracks have
| spread, as the gauge can be- speedily ad-
| justed to meet all requirements. This idea
was suggested by Mr.. Hansen, who has a
great intellect for grasping intricate
mechanical difficulties and downing them.
We would suggest that a wrecking car be
attached to each passenger train pending the
introduction of Mr.. Hansen's improve
ments'"
| "Perhaps that won't make Hansen's flesh
Creep" said the city editor. Perhaps there
won't be an Illinois Central lobby at Wash
| ington next winter working for the repeal
of the interstate commerce bill"
| "But, my dear sir" said the reporter,
timidly' ARE you certain that you are stat
| ing facts! Don't you think"
| "Don't think what?' roared the city edi-
| tor. "Just look at this. How in the name
of Carter Harrison did you ever pick up
that piece of newsl Mr. Marvin Hughitt,
the eminent American railroad magnate and
General Manager of the Chicago and North
western, intimated TO a reporter for this
paper yesterday that he would soon put sew
eral additional suburban trains on the Mil
waukee division, although the suburban SER
| vice of this road Is now giving universal
satisfaction You must be a stranger to the
sentiments of the unfortunate people who
| live in the suburban towns along the line of
this road. You don't know what you are
taking about. Take your pencil and fol
low me-
';;'The people who live along the line of the
Milwaukee division of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad were thunderstruck
when informed yesterday that several of
their most popular trains were to be taken
off and the running time between Chicago
and Wauzegan changed to four hours and
| thirty minutes. The patrons of the road
could hardly realize for time that new
| and unprovoked outrage was about to be
perpetrated upon them. Yet they were
soon satisfied that such, indeed, was the
hellish design Of the purse-proud corpora
ton which their hard earnings had en-
riched. The running time to Evanston is
to be two hours hereafter and only three
trains will run each way daily in addition
to the accommodation or way-freighf
! trains, which leave the Wells street
depot every five hours. We understand
that the people along the line have organ
lied company which will run buses over
the old Green Bay road every half hour in
| Uile ulOIDluR anu SFcilluB 10y Jilio Illtttlls
they hope to bring the Northwestern to
terms. The buses viii carry the United
States mails, as they will make faster time
than the trains It seems that one of the
objects Of the Northwestern was to depopu-
late the suburbs, so as to get possession of
the property, which within few years
must be included within the corporate limits
OF Chicago Once more the high-handed
arm of this grasping monopoly has been
paralyzed by the people. Success to the
bus company"
You see, said the city editor, ''that you
have taken a wrong view Of the whole bust
ness You don't appear TO appreciate the
situation. You are not equal TO the emer-
gency. Now, find here a lot of personals,
in which you refer to the officers Of the
different roads with a liberal coating OF
honied adiectives. That is all wrong. For
the next few months we want TO let the Off
GERS alone. We must have more railroad
personals, but they must be something like
this:
"'Michaol Mulcahy, the popular fiagman
of the Baltimore and Ohioa the ThiIty-first
street crossing, is at his post again, looking
none the worse for his little scrap with a
Town OF Lake policeman.
"'A hand-car containing Pat Grady, Jerry
Duffy, Dennis Barry and Reddy Sullivan
went out on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy TO repair culvert near Riverside.
"'Ned Saunders, the well-known brake
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